Hey, don’t look now, but West Virginia is No. 14 in the RPI — two arrows up! — and is playing the nation’s fourth-hardest schedule. The Mountaineers are 1-2 against ranked teams after Saturday’s home win against Georgetown, which was the 20th for Bob Huggins against a ranked team at WVU.

Remember, WVU beat Kansas State this season and they were ranked last week. Seton Hall ought to be ranked. 

Still, WVU is in second place in the Big East, has two marquee players in Kevin Jones and Big East player of the week Truck Bryant, is playing and winning a tough schedule and seems to be figuring out how to commit to, and then play, defense. I mean, the Mountaineers made Georgetown look very ordinary Saturday and not like a top-10 team that had won 11 in a row.

The Hoyas had 10 assists on 23 baskets and committed 15 turnovers. They struggled to get scores with the backdoor cuts common in their offense.

“That was probably the best job that we’ve done for an extended period guarding, and they’re hard to guard,” Huggins said. “Honestly, that was maybe the best job digesting the scouting report that we’ve done.”

The polls come out in a little while: Will WVU be ranked? Should WVU be ranked?

Interesting note about Huggins in not quite five years at WVU: He’s 20-28 against ranked teams and 7-15 against the top 10.

I’m curious what you think about that.

I’ll be honest … I was surprised it was such a “low” percentage. Then I see the volume of games in four-plus seasons and, wow, that’s a lot of games. Relative to WVU’s history against ranked teams — How does 20 wins from 1950-83 and 36 total before Huggins sound? — it’s actually pretty impressive. And consider just about half of those ranked teams have been in the top 10, and WVU has won 5 of 9, and it looks even better.